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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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